Optical Cable (OCC) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)
Optical Cable's (OCC) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 34.19% in Q2 2026, up 379.0% YoY from 7.14% in Q2 2025, and up 4.61% on a QoQ basis from 32.68% in Q1 2026.
Optical Cable (OCC) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Optical Cable's Gross Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 34.19% for Q2 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 379.0% year-over-year to 34.19% in Q2 2026; TTM through Apr 2026 was 32.66%, a 307.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 30.94%, up 364.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin was 34.19% for Q2 2026 at Optical Cable, up from 32.68% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Gross Margin for OCC reached as high as 35.67% in Q1 2023 and fell as low as 22.36% in Q4 2023.
- A 5-year average of 29.93% and a median of 30.3% in 2023 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Gross Margin slumped 1067 bps; it then soared 1117 bps in 2024.
- Tracing OCC's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 33.02% in 2022, then slumped by 32 bps to 22.36% in 2023, then soared by 50 bps to 33.52% in 2024, then declined by 5 bps to 31.87% in 2025, then grew by 7 bps to 34.19% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin over the past three periods registered 34.19%, 32.68%, and 31.87% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cisco Systems | 469.93 Bn | 453.29 Bn | 10.08 Bn | 63.63% |
| 2 | Motorola Solutions | 65.69 Bn | 64.83 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 50.18% |
| 3 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 63.18 Bn | 58.34 Bn | 8.25 Bn | 88.72% |
| 4 | Ciena | 60.70 Bn | 59.40 Bn | 625.52 Mn | 43.83% |
| 5 | Lumentum Holdings | 60.35 Bn | 57.18 Bn | 357.00 Mn | 44.16% |
| 6 | Ubiquiti | 35.71 Bn | 35.34 Bn | 370.71 Mn | 47.03% |
| 7 | AST SpaceMobile | 23.10 Bn | 23.68 Bn | -69.36 Mn | -470.73% |
| 8 | Applied Optoelectronics | 12.30 Bn | 11.86 Bn | 43.92 Mn | 29.06% |
| 9 | Zebra Technologies | 11.58 Bn | 11.47 Bn | 742.00 Mn | 49.63% |
| 10 | Optical Cable | 198.24 Mn | 198.09 Mn | 7.59 Mn | 34.19% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 34.19% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 32.68% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 31.87% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 31.73% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 30.40% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 29.39% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 33.52% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 24.17% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 25.07% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 25.00% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 22.36% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 30.20% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 34.57% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 35.67% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 33.02% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 27.66% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 29.26% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 28.02% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 31.83% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 26.16% |